<chapter id="h2-basics"><title>Elementi di studio della bibbia</title>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
<title>La nostra intenzione �di occuparci della Bibbia</title>
<para>
<blockquote><attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution> <para>You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal 
life; and it is these that bear witness of Me; and you are unwilling to come 
to Me, that you may have life.</para>
</blockquote> 
</para>

<para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person.  Martin Luther 
said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just 
so in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with 
God.
</para>

<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>, 
InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
<para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was 
tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, &quot;He who has gotten 
to himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to 
come.&quot; Their study was an end in itself.  In this they were grievously 
deceived. [...]</para>
<para>Non c'�merito n�profitto nel leggere la Bibbia per se stessi, ma soltanto se 
ci porta a Ges Cristo. Per qualunque motivo leggiamo la bibbia dobbiamo 
avere una forta speranza di incontrare il Cristo attraverso di essa.</para>
</blockquote>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches"><title>Approcci alla parola di Dio</title>
<para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study 
and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture.  Meditating on the 
scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and 
cements the word in our minds.</para>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear"><title>L'ascolto</title>
<para>Lk.11:28 <quote>blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe 
it.</quote></para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read"><title>La lettura</title>
<para>Rev.1:3 <quote>Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this 
prophecy [...]</quote></para>
<para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture 
[...]</quote>
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study"><title>Study</title>
<para>Acts 17:11 <quote>Now these were more noble-minded than those in 
Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the 
Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.</quote>
</para>
<para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Be diligent [KJV `Study'] to present yourself approved to 
God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the 
word of truth.</quote></para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize"><title>Memorizzazione</title>
<para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I may not sin against 
Thee.</quote></para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate"><title>Meditazione</title>
<para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he 
meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted by 
streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does 
not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.</quote>
</para>

<para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all the 
fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first four.  
Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and read 
the Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that they 
become familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-types"><title>Tipi di studio della bibbia</title>
<sect2 id="basics-types-topical"><title>Studio tematico</title>
<para>Prendi un argomento e seguilo nella bibbia usando le referenze incrociate o 
una concordanza.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character"><title>Studio di una personaggio</title>
<para>Lo studio della vita di una personaggio biblico. Per esempio: La vita di 
Giuseppe in Gn 37-50.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="basics-types-expository"><title>Esposizione</title>
<para>Lo studio di un certo brano: paragrafo, capitolo o libro.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation"><title>Le basi di una interpretazione corretta</title>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content"><title>Contenuto</title>
<para>Cosa significa? Cosa significa nella lingua originale? Attento alle 
definizioni! Non leggere quello che non �detto.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context"><title>Contesto</title>
<para>What do the verses around it say? &quot;Context is king&quot; is the rule -- 
the passage must make sense within the structure of the entire passage and 
book.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross"><title>Referenze</title>
<para>Cosa dicono altri versi su questo argomento nel resto della bibbia? La 
parola di Dio non �contradittoria in se stessa, per questo la nostra 
interpretazione deve subire la prova di altre scritture.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-expository"><title>Uno studio di Matteo 6,1-18</title>
<para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18.  Read it to yourself, first looking for the 
key verse, the verse that sums up the whole passage.  Think you have it? 
Test it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself if 
they relate to the thought of the key verse.  Once you find it, write it as 
Roman numeral One of your outline:</para>

<orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
	<listitem><para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote> mean? Does the 
passage give any examples? What area of our lives is being addressed? 
<emphasis>Our motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>

<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
	<listitem><para>When you give</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>When you fast</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>When you pray</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para>Adesso inserisci i propositi specifici per evitare il modo sbagliato di 
praticare le tue buone opere:</para>

<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
  <listitem><para>When you give
  	<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
		<listitem><para>don't sound a trumpet.  (how might someone <quote>sound a trumpet</quote> 
today?)</para></listitem>
     		<listitem><para>do it secretly.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>etc.</para></listitem>
	</orderedlist></para>
  </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet"><title>Scheda di lavoro: Come usare una concordanza</title>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select"><title>Trovare un particolare versetto</title>
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
	<listitem><para>Scegli una parola chiave o la parola meno usata del versetto.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Cerca questa parola nell'elenco alfabetico.</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>Segui la colonna dei riferimenti finch�trovi il tuo versetto.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
	
<para>Find these verses:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
	<listitem><para><quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para><quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>The story of the rich man and Lazarus.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study"><title>Fare uno studio tematico </title>
<para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word &quot;redemption.&quot; First 
you would look up that word in the concordance and look up references listed 
for it.  Then you could look up related words and references listed for 
them, e.g.  &quot;redeem, redeemed, ransom,&quot; even &quot;buy&quot; or 
&quot;bought.&quot; </para>
</sect2>


<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify"><title>Chiarire il senso della parola in greco e ebraico</title>
<para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge 
not lest you be judged</quote> and 1 Cor.2:15 <quote>He that is spiritual 
judgeth all things.</quote> Maybe there are two different Greek words here, 
both being translated &quot;judge&quot; in English? (We're using Strong's 
from here out.) </para>
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
	<listitem><para>Look up &quot;judge&quot;.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1.  To the right is a number, 2919.  
This refers to the Greek word used.  Write it down.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Now look up &quot;judgeth&quot;.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Vai sotto a 1 Cor 2:15 . . . . . 350.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary.  (Remember, you're in the NT so 
the language is Greek, while the OT is Hebrew.)  Compare the meaning of 2919 
with the meaning of 350 and you have your answer! </para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names"><title>Trovare i significati dei nomi</title>
<para>Con la stessa procedura puoi trovare i significati dei nomi in greco o 
ebraico.</para>
<para>Cerca questi nomi e scrivine il significato:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Nabal</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Abigail</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Joshua</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Barnabus</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2> 

</sect1>

</chapter>
